An historical review and perspective on the impact of acupuncture on US medicine and society
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An historical review and perspective on the impact of acupuncture on US medicine and society
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Med Acupunct (2013), Lu, Dominic;Lu, Gabriel.
Abstract
It took almost 300 years for Europe and 400 years for the United States to finally appreciate the therapeutic value of acupuncture. Findings from basic medical reesearch that acupuncture stimulation causes release of endorphins, serotonin, enkephalins, and y0amin-butyric acid (GABA; a major inhibitory neurotransmitter of the brain), norepinephrine, and dopamine helped to explain the acupuncture effect on a biomedical and pharmacological basis that was acceptable to the Western medical establishment. This article breifly reviews the hisotry of acupuncture in the United States and disucsses the potential of this modality in the future.
Alternative Title
Med Acupunct
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1/1/2015
Language
English
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Journal Article
issn
1933-6586
issue
5
page end
316
page start
311
volume
25